diff --git a/bindings/java/src/main/java/tech/turso/core/TursoDB.java b/bindings/java/src/main/java/tech/turso/core/TursoDB.java
index 598b269cb..03a80c3af 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/main/java/tech/turso/core/TursoDB.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/main/java/tech/turso/core/TursoDB.java
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ public final class TursoDB implements AutoCloseable {
    * @throws InternalError if the native library cannot be loaded from either the system path or the
    *     JAR file.
    */
-  public static void load() {
+  private static void load() {
     new SingletonHolder();
   }
 
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ public final class TursoDB implements AutoCloseable {
   private TursoDB(String url, String filePath) throws SQLException {
     this.url = url;
     this.filePath = filePath;
+    load();
     open(0);
   }
 
diff --git a/bindings/java/src/main/java/tech/turso/core/TursoDBFactory.java b/bindings/java/src/main/java/tech/turso/core/TursoDBFactory.java
index 52dea3ac8..0076011e4 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/main/java/tech/turso/core/TursoDBFactory.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/main/java/tech/turso/core/TursoDBFactory.java
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ public final class TursoDBFactory {
       throw new IllegalArgumentException("filePath should not be empty");
     }
 
-    TursoDB.load();
-
     try {
       return databaseHolder.computeIfAbsent(
           url, (Sneaky<String, TursoDB, SQLException>) u -> TursoDB.create(u, filePath));
diff --git a/bindings/java/src/test/java/tech/turso/core/TursoDBTest.java b/bindings/java/src/test/java/tech/turso/core/TursoDBTest.java
index f62a6c336..d696f0ffb 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/test/java/tech/turso/core/TursoDBTest.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/test/java/tech/turso/core/TursoDBTest.java
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ public class TursoDBTest {
 
   @Test
   void db_should_open_and_close_normally() throws Exception {
-    TursoDB.load();
     String dbPath = TestUtils.createTempFile();
     TursoDB db = TursoDB.create("jdbc:turso" + dbPath, dbPath);
 
@@ -23,7 +22,6 @@ public class TursoDBTest {
 
   @Test
   void throwJavaException_should_throw_appropriate_java_exception() throws Exception {
-    TursoDB.load();
     String dbPath = TestUtils.createTempFile();
     TursoDB db = TursoDB.create("jdbc:turso:" + dbPath, dbPath);